Cotton-picker&#39;s sack



June 12, 1923. 1,458,773

A. E. MEYER COTTON PICKER' S SACK Filed Dec. l. 1919 y Mm fw Paieeiea Jue@ i2, i923.

MANUFACTURING.. ,centrality or er.

Louis, Missoum", A Looiaeolftn'TiloN oFj COTTQNLPICKRS SACK.

Appnc'atipaeied December 191919'. lserialiva-154113762.

To all whom t may concern: s 1,

Beit! known that I2, ADOLPH MEYER, a citizen of .the United Statessot America, a resident of- Webster Groves,.in the countyv of' StwLouis, State of' zMissouri, `have invented certain new and. .useful Improvements vin Cotton-Pickers Sacks', ovvhich Vthe 'follow-f ing is a full, clear, and .exact rdescriptioinreterence` being'had'totlie accompanying .drawings, forming a'part ofthis speciiication.

Myinve'ntion relates to. a-saclr for use by cotton pickers in gathering cotton in the field, the invention khaving for its objectto produce a cotton pickers sack of very simple and inexpensive nature With the mouth of the sack so formed as to permit easy access to the sack. The sack is preferably so formed as to permit a reversal of the sack at any time, so that the Wear incident to dragging the sack on the ground may not be imposed upon one side of the sac-k alone,

but on both vsides of it, to lengthen its serv'- iceability. j

Fig. I is an elevation of my cotton pickers sack.

Fig. II is a vertical section.

Fig. III is an enlarged horizontal sectionv taken on line' IIIe-III, Fig. I.

Fig. IV is an enlarged horizontal section taken on line IV-IV, Fig. I.

Fig. V is an elevation of a modified form.

A designates the body of my cotton pickers vsack terminating in an open upper end. The sack body A has permanently secured to it at its edges extension straps 1, which project abovey thejmouth 'of the sack and receive the attachment of asshoulder strap 2, by Which the sack may be supported on liO . the front Wall, over Whichthe hand is passed in introducing the` cotton, is lower than the rear Wall at the mouth of thesack.

To accomplish the desiredabove stated* result, I providean adjustable topwlap or lof said main Walls.

edgesportions kolivthei sack,` preferably` to the extensionstraps Lat-theedgesof the sack andivhichl is lattachable toie-itherwvall of the l sack body. Suitablefastening means 5,51 carried'byzthe '.Walls 'ofi-the sack .body .zat their upper-edges and thefadjustable @top Wall memberm, lare adapted to be :engaged Withfeachfother to* connectsaidQ-top Wall Y memben 'to either: Wall of. thezsack, .accorde ing toWhi'ch? dfffthe saclrzwallsfsis toserve as the back` Wall in the v'use of the cotton pickers sack. f l j It Willjbe apparent thatwhen the adjustable top Wall member 3 is securedy to a main wall of the s'acln--said top Wall member projectsfhigher thanfthe other Wallof the sack body, and asa consequence of such projection handfu'ls of cotton may be readily introduced rthrough the f open lmouth of the sack over the upper edge of the front Wall of vthe sack, which is of less height than'thev Wall extension servin asa barrier against Which the cotton pic {ers'hand strikes to prevent thefmovement of the lhand across the mouth ofthe sack. y l

The tWo main Walls ofthevsack form ay single compartment and the extensionvvall ooV member 3 lies between these main Walls to i provide tvvo mouths for thesingle compartment. Thiswall member 3 is movable from one main Wall to the 'other so as toopen one `mouth' and close the other.

In the modified Jform shown in Iiig. V,- the sack body A has secured to its lsidev edges strap extensionsl, and the extension v vall rnembera is permanently secured to the sack body but is separated fromgthey strap eX-` tensions. The side edgesof ltheextension Wall member' are connected Withthe shoulf dervstraps by any suitable connecting means,

such, for example, vas hooks 6 Which may engage rings at the ends of the shoulder strap.

Iclaim: f, l.` A cotton pickers sack comprising a body portion having'two main Walls, and a top extension Wall member permanently se-l curedk at its ends to said body'portion ad jacent the side edges of thelatter, said top extension `Wall member being attachable tol and detachable from the upper ends otboth los 2. A cotton pickerssack comprising vtvvo 'i mainV Walls with a single compartment between them, and a top eXtensionvWall member having its lower margin interposed between said main walls to provide two mouths for said single compartment, the upper mar@ gin oi' said top extension wall member being above said main walls, and said interposed lower margin being movable from one of said main walls to the other so as to open one mouth and close the other.

3. A cotton pickers sack comprising a body having two main walls, and a top extension wall member having its ends permanently secured to the sack body, the intermediate portion of said extension mem-y ber being attachable to and detachable from both of the main walls,

4. A cotton pickers sack comprising a body having two main walls, extension straps secured to the side edges of the sack body, and atop extension wall member secured to said extension straps, said extension wall member being extended into the sack and attachable to both ofsaid main walls.

5. A Cotton piekers sack comprising a body having two main walls, side straps secured to the side edges of said body, a top extension wall member secured to said side straps, a shoulder strap connected to said side straps, the lower portion of said topv attaching the top extension wall member to either of the main walls.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix my signature.

ADOLPI-I E. MEYER. 

